SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
146
-5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£70K
-177.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED 1996-07-15 → present
- THE YARDLEY COURT CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED 1991-02-25 → 1996-07-15
- SCOPECYCLE LIMITED 1988-12-29 → 1991-02-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,984,536 | £9,484,939 | |
| Operating profit | -£83,370 | -£289,997 | |
| Profit before tax | £89,922 | -£70,077 | |
| Net profit | £335,263 | £137,982 | |
| Cash | £1,511,333 | £1,582,067 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,563,061 | £22,842,612 | |
| Net assets | £21,884,179 | £22,022,161 | |
| Equity | £21,884,179 | £22,022,161 | |
| Average employees | 155 | 146 | |
| Wages | £4,726,517 | £4,843,965 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.8% | -3.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 19.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | -6.83x | -9.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors deem the School as well placed to manage these challenges, with the School holding sufficient reserves. The Governors have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Somerhill Enterprises Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In recent months, much of our strategic focus has been around risk planning required to mitigate numerous changes of policy from government including the implementation of VAT on on school fees, the removal of charitable business rates relief, the unexpected increase in employer's national insurance costs and the removal of top up fees from the EYFS, from which we will withdraw from January 2026.”
- “we started a recruitment process for a new Head”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Julian Mark | Secretary | 2022-05-03 | — | — |
| BARRY, Christine | Director | 2023-11-30 | Apr 1971 | British |
| BLIGH, Deborah Jayne | Director | 2025-06-25 | Feb 1976 | British |
| BROMLEY, Paul Gerald | Director | 2022-11-30 | Sep 1964 | British |
| GOODYER, Peter Murray | Director | 2019-03-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HENERY, Eleanor | Director | 2022-11-30 | Jan 1985 | British |
| HOLDER, Christopher | Director | 2023-02-28 | Jan 1965 | British |
| IRVINE, Julia Vivian Harley | Director | 2019-06-03 | Jan 1972 | British |
| JISKOOT, Mark Anthony | Director | 1997-06-11 | Feb 1959 | British |
| NORTH, Patrick James | Director | 2022-06-29 | Nov 1968 | British |
| WELLS, David Andrew Hester | Director | 2017-01-11 | Nov 1951 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAULF, Clifford Michael | Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 1996-07-01 |
| BICKMORE, Gillian Lucy | Secretary | — | 1992-07-20 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Diane Margaret | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| MOREY, Clare Helen | Secretary | 2021-03-10 | 2022-01-28 |
| SCRAGG, Michael Stephen | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| ASHTON, Hubert William | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2007-03-13 |
| BICKMORE, Gillian Lucy | Director | — | 1992-07-20 |
| BICKMORE, Michael James | Director | — | 1992-07-12 |
| BIRD, Peter Andrew, Rev | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2002-03-13 |
| BISHOP, Michael Hudson | Director | 1992-11-04 | 1993-02-10 |
| BRAGGINS, Peter Charles | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2019-06-30 |
| BROOKS, Peter Robert | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2025-01-22 |
| BUSH, Rosalind Mary | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2005-06-23 |
| DAVIES, James Selwyn | Director | 2001-06-26 | 2018-06-27 |
| DRESNER, Richard Malcolm | Director | 1992-11-04 | 1992-11-19 |
| GLOVER, John Anthony | Director | 1994-04-13 | 2007-12-04 |
| HAMMOND, John Martin | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1996-03-06 |
| HARRIS, Colin | Director | 1993-10-13 | 2002-06-25 |
| HEROYS, Nicholas | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2015-07-01 |
| HILLS, Jeremy Coleridge | Director | 2014-08-12 | 2022-08-31 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Diane Margaret | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2023-08-31 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Diane Margaret | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1996-07-01 |
| JONES, Peter | Director | 1993-05-20 | 2004-05-04 |
| KING, Joseph Norman, Dr | Director | 1992-08-13 | 1999-06-29 |
| KINLOCH, Charles David | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| LANGLEY, Donald Neville | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| LATHAM, Paul Anthony | Director | 1995-05-30 | 2009-10-19 |
| LEWIS, Katharine Claire | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2019-01-24 |
| MAYHEW, Catherine | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2014-03-18 |
| MILNER, Jill | Director | 2006-03-14 | 2017-12-06 |
| NORBURY, Laura | Director | 1993-07-07 | 2008-06-24 |
| NORRIE, Michael Anthony | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2022-06-29 |
| NORRIE, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1992-08-13 |
| PLAYLE, John William | Director | — | 1995-02-03 |
| SCOTT, Beryl Anne | Director | 1993-07-07 | 1995-05-22 |
| STARLING, Keith | Director | 1999-03-19 | 2004-06-24 |
| STEVENS, Michael Francis | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2014-03-18 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Benjamin | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2008-12-03 |
| TEBAY, Helen Patricia | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2022-03-23 |
| TEBAY, Hugh Gordon | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2012-11-05 |
| THOMAS, Philip | Director | 1992-11-04 | 2019-03-27 |
| VERRELL, Robert Edward | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2025-06-25 |
| WALSH, David Robert | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2022-03-23 |
| WARNER, Charles John | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2022-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-5%
£9,984,536 £9,484,939
-
Cash
+4.7%
£1,511,333 £1,582,067
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£21,884,179 £22,022,161
-
Employees
-5.8%
155 146
-
Operating profit
-247.8%
-£83,370 -£289,997
-
Profit before tax
-177.9%
£89,922 -£70,077
-
Wages
+2.5%
£4,726,517 £4,843,965
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers